Handbook Printing Types Notes Style by Lewis John (11 results)

hardcover. Condition: Good. 1947 FIRST EDITION with dust jacket - rare and collectable - will send out 2nd class tracked post within 12 hours of receipt of order.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 2nd Edition. Distributed by Faber and Faber Ltd. London. Illustrations by Henry Moore, John Piper, Blair Hughes-Stanton, John Nash, Barnett Freedman, Edward Bawden, Graham Sutherland, Isotype Institute and Lynton Lamb. Illustrated boards, Spine faded and slightly worn at ends otherwise good.

Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

Condition: Used - Very Good. 1947. First Edition. hardcover. Pictorial boards. Octavo. 95 pp. Mild shelf wear to boards otherwise protected by acetate cover. Pages lightly toned. Altogether a copy in Very Good condition. Very Good.

2nd edn. Hardback in d/w. 116pp. 16 Illustrations in colour and b/w, both full page and within text by Henry Moore, John Piper, Blair Hughes-Stanton, John Nash, Barnett Freedman, Edward Bawden and Graham Sutherland. This second edition has further illustrations engraved on the wood by John Nash and Lynton Lamb. Illustrated cloth boards ( Speede's map of Suffolk) offset litho in seven colours, with b/w printing block superimposed. Small neat name to front free endpaper, otherwise a Nr fine copy. In VG unclipped d/w with minor loss to head of spine. Board decoration is repeated on d/w.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition hardback, 1947, with no jacket. In overall very good used condition with only minor signs of age, handling and storage - boards slightly tanned to spine and edges. Binding tight and appears little read. Internally clean, no annotation or inscriptions; toning to page-ends but text, type samples and beautiful illustrations bright and clear throughout. Photographs available. Not an old library book.

Second Edition. Previous owner's signature. Near fine copy in the original colour-printed boards. Spine bands and panel edges very slightly dulled. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 115 p. : ill ; 23 cm. Notes: Some extracts in French. Subjects: W.S. Cowell Ltd. Type and type-founding, England, Ipswich ; Specimens. Printing Specimens. 1 Kg.

Ipswich, W. S. Cowell ltd., 1947. Hardcover with dustwrappers. 95 pp. Good copy.

Second Edition. Previous owner's signature. Near fine copy in the original colour-printed boards. Spine bands and panel edges very slightly dulled. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 115 p. : ill ; 23 cm. Notes: Some extracts in French. Subjects: W.S. Cowell Ltd. Type and type-founding, England, Ipswich ; Specimens. Printing Specimens. 1 Kg.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st W. S. Cowell, 1947. hardcover.; unclipped unsunned jacket over pictorial boards of the same design. Octavo. 95 pp. ; slight foxing to inner back flap of jacket otherwise a very good plus copy in a very good plus unclipped and unsunned dust jacket; inside has superb reproductions by leading British artists of the day including John Piper and Henry Moore.

Condition: Very Good. Ipswich: W.S. Cowell, Ltd. / Faber & Faber, (1948). 2nd Edition. 115 p. Hardbound with DJ. The DJ is edge worn with a chunk missing from the head of the spine and a small tape repair on the verso. Light rubbing to the extremities of the boards. Interior pages are clean and the binding is tight. R. Geoffrey Smith, Cowells compliments of book-plate facing the title page. VG/VG-.